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Ireland's got Talent magician Aidan McCann impresses Ellen DeGeneres with his tricks

Aidan McCann impressed Ellen DeGeneres with his tricks
Aidan McCann impressed Ellen DeGeneres with his tricks Aidan McCann impressed Ellen DeGeneres with his tricks

A nine-year-old magician from Co Kildare has made his international chat show debut, treating Ellen DeGeneres to his impressive skills.

Aidan McCann appeared on the comedian's eponymous US show on Monday.

No stranger to the small screen, he reached the semi-final of this year's series of TV show Ireland's Got Talent.

He told DeGeneres: "I've been doing magic for four years now; I started off with magic kits... Then I started doing card magic."

Aidan was enthusiastic about his trip to California.

"I love it though it was an 11-hour flight. Our hotel is huge though. Yesterday we went to the Walk of Fame and the Hollywood sign."

In one of Ellen's famous `surprises', America's Got Talent magician Shin Lim invited him to appear in his Las Vegas magic show.